Re: permissions in widows xp home edition

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNOSPAM_at_asu.edu)
Date: 05/11/03 

Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 00:15:25 -0700

In those other OSs you mention this should not be
needed since the Security dialog is accessible (XP
Pro may have it enabled or disabled). This command
works with them all however. Whether you need to
use it depends on the permissions in place so you
may need to do nothing, especially in NT 4. W2k
was tightened some, but not at much as XP (which
IMO is still too loose). 

-- 
Roger 
"brian" <qttire1@comcast.net> wrote in message news:002b01c31777$21192930$3301280a@phx.gbl...
> roger 
> thank you that seemed to work great. now all the users 
> have access. is this fix only for xp or will it work on 
> nt/2000/ and xp professional as well? again thanks you 
> saved me bigtime.
> brian
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Brian,
> >
> >Thanks for clarifying.  I do think that use of 
> >cacls "c:\progs\mine"  /e /t /g users:c
> >at a cmd prompt after the installation to c:\progs\mine
> >(or wherever, with the ""s in case the path has spaces 
> in it)
> >may be your cure.  This would be done by the admin just 
> >after the install, and it grants the Users group change 
> over 
> >c:\progs\mine and its whole substructure.
> >
> >Now, earlier versions of Office had problems running in 
> >the tightened security of W2k and now XP, so it may be 
> >necessary for you to also use this command on the area 
> in 
> >Program Files where runtime support for Access installed 
> >(sorry, I cannot test and do not know your version of 
> Office).
> >
> >If all of the above do not solve this, then ask the 
> company 
> >where all the application my be attempting to write.
> >
> >-- 
> >Roger 
> >
> >"brian" <qttire1@comcast.net> wrote in message 
> news:07ce01c31697$41daffd0$3001280a@phx.gbl...
> >> roger 
> >> thanks for responding, i have read some of your other 
> >> responses and have found them quit helpful. my full 
> story 
> >> is this. i had a company build me a simple software 
> >> program using access. in windows xp home edition when 
> an 
> >> admin installs it, users don't have permission to 
> write 
> >> therefore producing an error in the program. xp home 
> >> edition is not the easiest to use for permissions. 
> admin 
> >> would have to adjust every user by safe booting the 
> users 
> >> computer then changing the permission for the user  on 
> >> the security tab to be able to read/write/execute. is 
> >> there a way to install the program to avoid admin or 
> user 
> >> permissions. the company that built this program said 
> the 
> >> have been researching it but have come up with no 
> >> solution yet. i thought by installing the program to 
> >> c:\mine instead of c:\programfiles\mine would bypass 
> the 
> >> permissions but i was wrong that didn't work. again 
> >> thanks for responding and if you could shed any light 
> on 
> >> this subject i would greatly appreciate it
> >> brian
> >> 
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >Something does not hold water here.
> >> >If the mdb is in folder c:\progs\mine you could 
> execute 
> >> >cacls "c:\progs\mine"  /e /t /g users:c
> >> >(the ""s are actually not needed here for this 
> example)
> >> >
> >> >But, if they do not have write there, then how did 
> >> >they install it there ?
> >> >
> >> >--
> >> >Roger
> >> >
> >> >"brian" <qttire1@comcast.net> wrote in message 
> >> news:068e01c31671$78d69470$3001280a@phx.gbl...
> >> >> here's a good one a few programer friends of mine 
> >> can't 
> >> >> solve. i am trying to install a program that has an 
> >> >> access database (.mdb) on windows home edition. i 
> have 
> >> to 
> >> >> install it as admin. and other users cant run the 
> >> program 
> >> >> because they have limited control. in the home 
> edition 
> >> >> you cant view or change the security tab (which has 
> to 
> >> be 
> >> >> set for the user to read/write/execute) without 
> >> booting 
> >> >> in safe mode which you have to be an admin to do 
> so. 
> >> does 
> >> >> anyone know how a user could use this program if 
> they 
> >> had 
> >> >> to install on their computer and did not have admin 
> >> >> rights. or any ideas on how to change the code in 
> the 
> >> >> program to bypass permissions for users.
> >> >> thanks
> >> >.
> >> >
> >.
> >

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